Elder brother's garrison

Their boss is one of the staff members interviewing Missouri? They must have a lot of free time.

"A pleasant surprise," Ringo said softly to Shiro.

The originally planned interviewers weren't Muyu and Ringo, but other people. However, the new naval base's acceptance of the interview request was too sudden, and the interviewers couldn't be assembled in time, so a replacement was indeed needed. After seeing that the new naval base had accepted the interview request, Ringo and Muyu immediately passed the task to their own secretary ship and accepted the interview request.

No one else would dare to take over the work that Mu Yu and Lin Qing are about to do.

"What's wrong? Little White Sister doesn't welcome me?" Mu Yu asked with a carefree smile.

Xiaobai walked up to Ringo and smiled at her: "What a surprise!"

"May I go in?" Ringo asked.

"Mmm." Xiaobai happily reached out and grabbed Ringo's hand.

Ringo still seemed a little uncomfortable with Shiro touching her hand, so she gently lifted her sleeve, letting Shiro only grasp the cuff.

"I'll lead the way for Ringo-neechan," Shiro said to Ringo with a smile.

"...Hello?" Mu Yu stood to the side, looking at Xiao Bai with a sad expression. "Why isn't Xiao Bai talking to me?"

"What are you planning to do first, Ringo-neechan?" Xiaobai asked Ringo affectionately, as if she hadn't heard Muyu's words.

"Hey! Pay attention to me!" Mu Yu quickly stepped between Xiao Bai and Lin Qing, waving her hand at Xiao Bai and pleading, "I'm here too!"

"Oh, so you're here! It's so nice to see you. Hmm? May I ask why you haven't gone back yet? Didn't you already send the person over?"

"I'm here for an interview too! Why is Xiaobai so mean to me?!" Mu Yu looked quite distressed. "She used to be so polite to me!"

Xiao Bai took a few steps back, covered her mouth, and looked at Mu Yu with a disgusted expression.

There is only one person in the entire world who has received such treatment from Xiaobai.

Upon seeing Xiaobai's utterly disgusted expression, Mu Yu felt as if an arrow had pierced her chest.

Although Xiaobai didn't know where Mu Yu's theory of being polite to her in the past came from, she couldn't recall ever being polite to Mu Yu in her memory.

The man who caused Xiaobai's current predicament has a negative 500 rating in Xiaobai's heart.

“Ringo-neechan is enough, so can we ask Muyu to go back? As the governor, Muyu must have a lot of things to do. It’s not right to leave everything to the destroyers,” Xiaobai said to Muyu.

"Uh... I'm sorry, I'll reflect on it." Mu Yu was about to apologize, but then she immediately realized something was wrong. "Hmm? Wait, what did you just say, Little White Sister?"

Mu Yu pointed to Ringo behind him with his thumb and asked with a strange look, "Have you seen Ringo before?"

"I met her in the first sea area. Ringo is such a kind person."

"What?!" Mu Yu was startled.

Mu Yu turned to look at Lin Qing: "You went to the First Sea Area?"

"Ah."

Having received an affirmative reply, Mu Yu turned back to Xiao Bai with considerable anxiety: "Has Ringo done anything strange to you?"

"At least Ringo didn't pounce on me and hug my leg," Xiaobai replied.

Xiao Bai didn't quite understand Mu Yu's strange wariness towards Lin Qing, as if Lin Qing had some great secret.

To be honest, compared to the pretty and dignified young lady, this guy in front of me, who started clinging to her leg like a scoundrel at the drop of a hat, is just incredibly despicable.

“Little Bai…” Mu Yu patted Xiao Bai’s shoulder, holding back her tears of sorrow, “It’s not too late now. Don’t get too close to Ringo… Ringo is a complete demon. She’ll suck your soul away and offer it to Lucifer…”

"What are you talking about?" Xiaobai frowned as she looked at Muyu.

Ringo helped me so much without expecting anything in return, and even risked her own life to save Pachina at such a critical moment. She has an unassuming personality, is so strong yet still humble, she is simply a saint.

To call someone like that a demon is so outrageous!

Xiao Bai wanted to say something more, but Mu Yu's weathered expression, as if she had truly experienced life's hardships, really touched Xiao Bai.

Xiaobai looked at Ringo's face.

Even after Mu Yu told her to her face that she was a demon who sucked people's souls, Lin Qing didn't get angry or argue. She just stood there quietly watching Mu Yu and Xiao Bai.

...Is it because she's too beautiful that she's mistaken for a demon or something?

Xiao Bai thought about it for a while and decided that it had nothing to do with him, so he put it aside.

"Anyway, come on in. Missouri is waiting for you in the admiral's office," Xiaobai said.

Shiro and the ship girls led Ringo toward the office building.

There were many banners hanging along the road, with various welcome messages written in black letters on a red background.

"A warm welcome to our superiors for their guidance on the census work."

Your arrival has brought great honor to our humble abode.

"Welcome, welcome, warm welcome!"

It was as if some strange unit had followed in, row after row.

"These banners really bring back memories," Mu Yu muttered to herself, holding the back of her head as she walked and looking at the banners overhead.

"Has Mu Yu come here before?"

“I’ve been here before, my buddy.” Mu Yu said, grinning. “I’ve watched these banners grow from crooked and messy handwriting to the elegant and flowing characters they are now, year after year.”

Xiaobai nodded.

That makes sense. After all, Mu Yu and her brother have been inseparable for so long, so Mu Yu should be quite familiar with the newbie naval base.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai gave Mu Yu a strange look.

Could it be that Mu Yu even knows about the Deep Sea Yamato...?

Of course, whether Mu Yu knows or not, Xiao Bai will not take the initiative to ask.

I entered the office building and went up the stairs to the admiral's office.

Inside the admiral's office, Missouri, dressed in a formal suit, had been waiting for a long time.

Missouri, dressed in white office attire, sat elegantly with her legs crossed in front of her on the sofa, savoring a cup of black tea.

Missouri wore a touch of light makeup today, which, combined with her elegant and poised demeanor, made her look like a lady from a prestigious family.

"Good morning, Admiral." Missouri smiled confidently as he saw Xiaobai walk in. "Are the people behind you the staff members who are here to interview Missouri?"

"Yes, that's right, but these two are governors," Xiaobai introduced.

"It's the governors, Missouri is being rude." Missouri didn't seem too surprised after learning Mu Yu and Ringo's identities. He simply put down his teacup, stood up, and gave Mu Yu and Ringo a humble bow.

She truly has the aura of a superstar.

"So this is Missouri." Mu Yu looked Missouri up and down, then nodded. "So, is it okay to take pictures?"

"Since she agreed to the interview, Missouri has no right to refuse to be photographed. However, it would be very impolite to take such an unflattering picture of a carefully prepared lady."

"Don't worry about that, I'm very good at it." Mu Yu also joked with Missouri.

With Xiaobai's consent, the interviewers set up lighting and sound sources nearby and began recording the event like a movie.

Although Mu Yu and Lin Qing were among the staff, they did not participate in the interviews. Their role was more like that of two supervisors. Now that the interviews in Missouri had begun, they were free to relax.

After adjusting the lighting, the remaining three staff members began their interview with Missouri.

Despite the formality of the interview, Missouri maintained a polite smile and answered the staff's questions with ease, subtly avoiding many sensitive issues.

"Miss Missouri, how did you and your admiral meet?"

"It was a beautiful night. Having just emerged from the construction facility, I was still unfamiliar with the world. Born with the responsibility of facing the deep sea, I was honestly very nervous. It was then that I met my admiral, a girl who shone with a pure, angelic light in the darkness. At that moment, I felt I had found my motivation as a ship girl. Yes, if my admiral was such a pitiful girl, then there must be many other people like my admiral who are worth protecting. At that moment, I vowed to fight for my admiral."

"Miss Missouri, there are rumors that ship girls' love for their admirals transcends gender and age. As a new ship girl, how do you view this issue? Or do you also have such feelings for your admiral?"

"Missouri believes that love that transcends age and gender is not unique to ship girls. As for the world's perception that most ship girls experience this, Missouri, as a new ship girl, doesn't know much about it. However, Missouri thinks that perhaps it is precisely because of the daily companionship amidst the smoke and fire of battle that ship girls cherish their daily lives with their admirals even more. We have no parents, no friends, and we form a close bond with our admirals the moment we step out of the construction facility. Perhaps it is under these circumstances that the desire to spend our lives together gives rise to love that disregards all difficulties and obstacles. As for your question, Missouri likes Missouri's admiral very much, but without experiencing much together, Missouri prefers to call this feeling trust, which is still far from sacred love."

Missouri answered the staff's questions with ease.

Although the answers were mostly made up, they somehow managed to be somewhat convincing.

Little White watched from the side, a peculiar smile on its face.

Chapter 346 The History of Apple

The interviews at headquarters are edited and then handed over to the TV station after they are finished, so the surreal feeling of this interview program is understandable.

However, Missouri seemed to be handling things quite well, and Xiaobai wasn't worried that Missouri would accidentally reveal anything that shouldn't be said about the naval base.

She tugged at Ringo, who was standing beside her, and winked at Lexington.

Lexington gave Little White an OK sign.

Then Shiro and Ringo opened the door to the admiral's office and left.

Mu Yu, who was drinking tea nearby, watched Lin Qing and Xiao Bai leave together, and then slipped away and followed them.

"This is so boring," Mu Yu said helplessly as she caught up with Xiao Bai and Lin Qing.

"Interview?"

“Yes,” Mu Yu nodded. “Missouri is an even more boring ship girl than I imagined.”

"Please don't use such villainous language." Xiaobai sighed. "I actually think Missouri did a great job. By the way, is it really okay for Mr. Mu Yu to just show up like this?"

“It’s okay. It’s the same whether we’re here or not. Do you expect me to teach them how to use a camera?”

As soon as Mu Yu stepped out of the admiral's office, his talkative nature was revealed. He chatted with Xiao Bai and Lin Qing all the way.

Ringo watched as Shiro kept pulling her along without asking why, appearing completely submissive.

Xiao Bai and the two governors left the office building.

Below the office building, Richelieu, dressed in a maid outfit, was sweeping the floor with her head down.

Richelieu, who hadn't yet undergone maid training, was more like a cleaner than a proper maid. When she saw Xiaobai and the governor pass by, she didn't react at all, but just raised her head and secretly glanced at Xiaobai and Muyu.

With Yamato Fukami on leave these past few days, these tasks naturally fell to Richelieu.

Lexington wasn't worried that Richelieu would run away, since Richelieu couldn't hide it from the more than one hundred ship girls in the naval base, nor was she worried that Richelieu would complain to Kiyo and Ringo at this time.

Putting aside the fact that Muyu and Ringo are on the same side as Shiro, even if they weren't, Richelieu, an anonymous and unregistered ship girl, has absolutely no credibility.

As Mu Yu passed by Richelieu, he turned his head and glanced at Richelieu a few times.

"what happened?"

"Is this your new ship girl?"

"Ok?"

"I haven't seen it before."

Do you recognize all the ship girls in this naval base?

“I’m the governor, and also your brother’s best friend. Of course I know everything about his wife.”

"Wife?"

"You know your brother calls all the ship girls in the naval base his 'wife'?"

Xiao Bai's brother is truly a wicked person in every sense of the word.

As they spoke, Xiaobai and Muyulinqin drifted further and further away from Richelieu, who was sweeping the square.

However, Mu Yu didn't recognize Richelieu.

Xiao Bai subtly began to understand the situation.

It seems that Mu Yu knows less about Mu Xi than she does about her brother, as she doesn't even recognize Mu Xi's ship girl.

The relationship between the siblings might be more complicated than they imagine.

"Speaking of which, where are you taking Lin Qing with you, Little White?" Mu Yu seemed to have paid little attention to Richelieu who had just passed by, and instead asked Little White with curiosity.

"It happened in the First Sea Area. Ringo helped me a lot." Only then did Shiro release Ringo's sleeve.

On the beach during that deep-sea attack, Ringo risked everything to save Pachina from the shells, sustaining serious injuries in the process.

She also lost the folding fan that she cherished.

Later, the folding fan was found during the beach restoration and sent to Xiaobai. However, the beach had been bombarded by artillery fire, and even though the fan itself was small and was not directly hit by the shells, it was charred black and severely damaged under the intense heat of the artillery fire.

Xiao Bai retrieved the broken folding fan and gave it to Yi Xian when they returned to the garrison, hoping Yi Xian could help paint another fan surface.

After all, I heard that Yi Xian could also paint with ink and wash or write calligraphy on the fan.

I was planning to give it to Ringo when I had time later, but I didn't expect Ringo to come to the naval base so soon. So I decided to take Ringo to find Iksen and see if the replica of the fan was finished.